Heading back this weekend with my daughter, wife and a couple of other parents to attend Aggieland Satuday. We need some good suggestions on a place for dinner. Open to anywhere. Just wanted to know what are the current top spots for a good meal.Thanks!

And this is the problem with College Station, someone asks where to go and a chain is one of the first recommendations. Would it kill you to throw out an idea that is unique to here? The chicken? Chicken oil? Papa Perez? The Republic? Christophers, sharaz veritas, Antonio's, martins, For Gods sake at At least Pepe's is local and different.

And this is the problem with College Station, someone asks where to go and a chain is one of the first recommendations. Would it kill you to throw out an idea that is unique to here? The chicken? Chicken oil? Papa Perez? The Republic? Christophers, sharaz veritas, Antonio's, martins, For Gods sake at At least Pepe's is local and different.

It was back in 1994 when Mike Layne opened the doors of the original location in College Station. Sure it's a chain now with several locations but it's local!

Grub is fine IMOHopdoddy got crossed off the list when I went in there with my 12yo son. I had a burger and a beer. He had a burger, fries and coke. $35. Too many other good places in town for that again.

Am I the only one that thinks Grub Burger sucks? I like gourmet style burgers, but haven't particularly enjoyed anything from there. I'd like to try Hopdoddy's but haven't made it over there yet.

I agree. I'm a fan of simple burgers; if you can't get a flavorful meat and simple bun and cheese that works, then that's a failure. At Grub, I typically had the plain beef burger with simple cheese, and it was so bland from a meat perspective to me that I just couldn't do it anymore. Try a bit of salt and pepper or something on it...

You know what, we recently went there with some friends for dinner and a Quiplash (online multiplayer game) tournament and it was a blast. The food is good, the atmosphere is fun and we left thinking "why don't we go there more often?!" Definitely a great local spot.